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Mixing in the Solar Tachocline

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Allan Sacha Brun
Allan Sacha Brun*
Affiliation:
JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0440, U.S.A.& DASGAL, Observatoire de Paris, 92195 Meudon, France

Abstract

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We conduct numerical simulations of updated solar models including a physical treatment of the tachocline (Spiegel & Zahn 1992), the rotational transition layer localized at the base of the solar convection zone. We first describe what is the current understanding of this thin shear layer. We then show that we improve substantially the agreement between the models and the observed Sun by taking into account the macroscopic mixing occuring within this region.

Type
II. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 12: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIVth General Assembly of the IAU, 2000 , 2002 , pp. 282 - 285
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2002

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